Noun
He achieved great renown for his discoveries.
Her photographs have earned her international renown.
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Wicked was a musical first, but soon the movie will match it in renown.—Christian Holub, EW.com, 9 Oct. 2024 Mann was aiming at his brother Heinrich, a novelist and an essayist of nearly equal renown, whose liberal politics led him to support Germany’s enemies, France and Britain.—George Packer, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024 With a family pedigree steeped in food and hospitality, Boxer has been honing his craft from a young age, quickly gaining renown for his inventive takes on British cuisine at his other London locations like Brunswick House, Orasay and Below.—Rooksana Hossenally, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024 Harari might be, after the Dalai Lama, the figure of global renown who is least online.—Daniel Immerwahr, The Atlantic, 6 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for renown
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English renoun, from Anglo-French renum, renoun, from renomer to report, speak of, from re- + nomer to name, from Latin nominare, from nomin-, nomen name — more at name
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